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Jul 16, 2017 · Brian Michael Smith used his role on "Queen Sugar" as a vehicle for coming out as transgender. He discusses the experience with NBC Out contributor Tiq Milan.
His role as Toine Wilkins, a transgender police officer, in Ava DuVernay's Queen Sugar (2017) on OWN launched him into a series of high-profile roles including political strategist Pierce Williams in Showtime's The L Word: Generation Q (2019) and, most notably, firefighter Paul Strickland in Ryan Murphy's 9-1-1 Lone Star (2020).
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In 2017, Smith was cast in the role of Officer Antoine "Toine" Wilkins on OWN 's series Queen Sugar. Toine is a trans man. Executive-produced by Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey, the Louisiana -set drama focuses on the lives and loves of the estranged Bordelon siblings.
Queen Sugar (TV Series 2016–2022) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- Daniela Vega, “A Fantastic Woman” Vega stars in Sebastián Lelio’s lauded “A Fantastic Woman” as Marina Vidal, a transgender woman who falls in love with the handsome Orlando (Francisco Reyes), only to have him unexpectedly pass away after their luminous love story unspools during the film’s first act.
- Mya Taylor and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, “Tangerine” Back in 2015, the stars of Sean Baker’s breakout “Tangerine” were the subject of the first-ever Oscar campaign for transgender actresses for their work as Alexandra (Taylor) and Sin-Dee (Rodriguez) in the charming , Christmas-set buddy comedy.
- Harmony Santana, “Gun Hill Road” While Taylor was the first openly transgender actor to win an Indie Spirit, she wasn’t the first to be nominated — that honor belongs to Santana, who was tipped for her work in the 2011 drama, “Gun Hill Road.”
- Alexandra Billings, Trace Lysette, and Ian Harvie, “Transparent” Despite recent allegations of sexual misconduct against Jeffrey Tambor, Jill Soloway’s lauded Amazon series has a strong track record of casting actual transgender people in a slew of supporting roles.
Oct 29, 2018 · Brian gave an impeccable turn as the transgender police officer and high school friend of the show's principal character, Ralph Angel, and used the role as a means to come out as trans himself.
Main cast. Rutina Wesley as Nova Bordelon, the eldest Bordelon child. She is a journalist, activist and healer in New Orleans. Dawn-Lyen Gardner as Charlotte "Charley" Bordelon West, the second Bordelon child. She was conceived when their father Ernest moved west and married a white woman.
